Drug Arrests Made

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Arrest sweeps on Thursday netted 34 suspected crack cocaine dealers, and more than 50 are still being sought, police said Friday.

The sweeps at 12 locations known for drug activity in the northeast and northwest sections of Fort Lauderdale were the culmination of five weeks of police undercover drug buys.

Police had previously identified 78 suspected crack sellers and arrested 18 of them Thursday. The other 16 suspects, also caught Thursday with small quantities of marijuana and cocaine, were snared during the police action.

One suspect charged with possession of cocaine, Helen Young, 29, swallowed some crack she was carrying when officers approached and suffered an overdose, police said.

Young was treated at Broward General Medical Center and released, and then booked into the Broward County Jail, police said.